Everyday in May # 31 sandwich

Cheese, lettuce,tomato and mayo on french bread.
Thanks to everyone for visiting and your comments !

Everyday in May # 30 Jubilee Truffles

Jubilee Milk Chocolate Truffles , thanks Mum!

Everyday in May # 29 Hat

A quick hat, slight delay but it's still the 29th somewhere in the world!

Everyday in May # 28 Thai Limes

Everyday in May # 27 coffee and crumb

Tasted good.....Thanks for your comments
Happy Sunday!

Everyday in May # 26 green tea danish

Uji Green Tea and Red Bean Danish, breakfast for tomorrow......bought on the way home from work.

Everyday in May # 25 boots

Doc Martens....my daughters, wish they were mine !

Everday in May # 24 eel sushi

Roasted Eel hand roll sushi (still with packet around the seaweed).

Everyday in May # 23 sushi sketch

Big roll sushi in a new sketchbook, very strange to use smooth paper after watercolour paper

Everyday in May # 22 bread with camembert

Delicious Hearth bread with camembert, from City Super.

Everyday in May # 21 chilli

Sorry chilli again, watercolour and ink.

Everyday in May # 20 big chillies

I bought these yesterday, strange shaped, very long (about 22cm) chillies.

Watercolour on 140lb Canson Watercolour paper 31cm x 24cm

Everyday in May # 19 work in progress

A little bit of a cheating day.....work in progress.....oil on canvas. This is my second session on it.
It's based on the drawing I did here (on my first EDiM) http://debra.morris.hk/2010/05/every-day-in-may-14.html   but the fun thing about oils is that the painting can start having a life of its own. (where did that urge to paint a wooden background come from, I wonder?)

There's a story behind the original painting. I finished it and went on my balcony, only to see my oldest cat being attacked by a dog (I think he thought she was a toy). She didn't survive but her health had been poor and maybe just couldn't get away in time. The dog owner was very upset as he had just run off. It was just her time.
You've seen a very quick sketch of her but here's an update of the acrylic painting that I'd forgotten about until today.

Everyday in May # 18 spring onions

Everyday in May # 17 another feather.

Not much time today, here's another feather.
Thanks for your comments everyone!

Everyday in May # 16 leaves

Acrylic and watercolour painted on cigar box wood

Everyday in May # 14 Butterfly

I found this on the way to the beach this morning, again on cigar box wood.

Acrylic and watercolour painted on cigar box wood

Everyday in May # 14 feather

A very fluffy feather. I ran out of watercolour paper so painted this on the inside thin separating wood used in cigar boxes, so no I didn't paint the wood. I'd forgotten how absorbent it is, but this was fun.

Acrylic and watercolour on cigar wood  10.8cm x 19cm

Everyday in May # 13 Champagne cork

Sadly, I didn't drink the champagne but I would have liked to, I found the cork !

Everyday in May # 12 seeds

A busy teaching day today, seed pods I've collected from the beach. (The big ones are about 2 1/2"-3" or 6-7cm long)
I'll paint them tomorrow but the pizza is on its way!

update....

Everyday in May # 11 Rice Crackers

....busy day, have a snack.....quick sketch of rice crackers.

Everyday in May # 10 Sunflower

Everyday in May # 9 Chrysanthemums

 in progress or most likely to be abandoned....ran out of time.....there's always one day in May when this happens...sketched in my lesson and hastily painted when I got home. Too tired to tackle the subtleties of Chrysanthemums.....

Everyday in May # 8 Bitter Melon

Bitter Melon Fu Gwa 苦瓜....the most bitter food I've ever had but fun to draw.

 Wikipedia link  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_melon

Everyday in May # 7 Lychees

Haven't drawn these before, they have just come into season, delicious and way more fun to draw rambutans.

Thanks for your comments everyone! I'll reply when I get the chance!!

Everyday in May # 6 Onions

Everyday in May # 5 Choi Sum

Choi sum ( 菜心) means vegetable heart in Cantonese.

I started this in the morning before I went to work, almost done and left feeling happy about it. So now , I know better than to start a painting, go to work, and leave my choi sum (菜心) out in temperatures of around 30 degrees...come home at 7pm and try to finish it............not only does the light change but it wilts, moves and nine hours later you've lost the veggie vibe. I suppose it's a good lesson and a step towards a looser way of painting. It's also made me realise how little good working light we have in our place, but made me appreciate the natural daylight we have.
Thanks for your comments  so far everyone, have a lovely weekend.

(Thank-you Shirley , I've never thought about a video.....will get back to you )

Everyday in May # 4 Cup Cakes

Louise's Cup Cakes.......strawberry, vanilla and lemon.
Exceedingly good, thanks for the donation Louise.

Everyday in May # 3 Beetroot

Everyday in May # 2 Lemon

Everyday in May # 1 on the chopping board

Couldn't decide what to draw today, so here's a view of what was on the chopping board ......Camembert, portabello mushrooms, garlic, tomatoes..now under the grill.......and washed down with a cold glass of Chardonnay.
I've had problems scanning this, I think because the red has been done with Chinese watercolours and the rest with European...could it be the different densities of the paints?